The Dead Sea Scrolls Confession: The Sect That Told the Truth Got Erased
The Essenes Acknowledged the Persian Source—Then Disappeared "In the hand of the prince of lights is dominion over all sons of righteousness; in the ways of light they walk. And in the hand of the angel of darkness is all dominion over the sons of error..." — Community Rule (1QS), Dead Sea Scrolls "As André Dupont-Sommer and K. G.
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The Essenes Acknowledged the Persian Source—Then Disappeared "In the hand of the prince of lights is dominion over all sons of righteousness; in the ways of light they walk. And in the hand of the angel of darkness is all dominion over the sons of error..." — Community Rule (1QS), Dead Sea Scrolls "As André Dupont-Sommer and K. G. Kuhn independently observed, these words are immediately reminiscent of the Zoroastrian doctrine of the two spirits..." — Encyclopaedia Iranica, "DEAD SEA SCROLLS" Introduction: Physical Evidence of the Theft The Dead Sea Scrolls—discovered 1946-1956 in caves near Qumran—are the oldest biblical manuscripts ever found, dating 1,000 years earlier than any other Hebrew Bible text.
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Gathas · Dead Sea Scrolls · Hebrew Bible
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Bart Ehrman